March 30, 2010
Promising hormone may help reduce malnutrition in gastric cancer patients
In gastric cancer patients who have had part or all of their stomach removed, the hormone ghrelin may lessen post-operative weight loss and improve appetite.
March 8, 2010
February 8, 2010
‘Starving’ fat suppresses appetite
Peptides that target blood vessels in fat and cause them to go into programmed cell death (termed apoptosis) could become a model for future weight-loss therapies, say researchers.
December 21, 2009
Movement comes with appetite
A body that is provided with food too often gets caught up in the maelstrom of a lack of exercise, obesity and ultimately diabetes. The trigger is a molecular switch that is controlled by insulin, a new study has revealed.
December 11, 2009
Appetite, consumption controlled by clockwork genes at cross-purposes in flies
One of the pioneers in research on sleep-wake circadian genes has discovered that fruit flies' appetite and consumption are controlled by two rival sets of clocks, one in neurons and the other in the fly fat body, which is analogous to the liver.